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Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants

From: IL10A genotypic association with decreased IL-10 circulating levels in malaria infected individuals from endemic area of the Brazilian Amazon

 

Malaria diagnosis

  
 

Positive N = 73

Negative N = 194

Total N = 267

*P value

Gender n (%)

    

21 (28.8%)

98 (50.5%)

119 (44.6%)

0.001

52 (71.2%)

96 (49.5%)

148 (55.4%)

0.001

Age

28 (9–54)

30 (4–71)

29 (4–71)

0.531

TREA (years)

25 (1–33)

24 (2–32)

24 (1–63)

0.079

NPE

5 (0–50)

5 (0–99)

5 (0–99)

0.072

TLI (Months)

6 (0–360)

12.5 (0–420)

12 (0–420)

0.016

  1. Data expressed as n (%) of patients; Time of Residence in years TREA; Number of Previous Episodes NPE; Time since Last Infection TLI; Age, TREA, NPE and TLI expressed as median (minimum-maximum); *Statistical significance determined by Mann Whitney U and Chi-square tests.